Tools below are Pika MCP tools, named bare — call each under whatever prefix your session exposes for the Pika MCP.

1. Keep photorealistic & untouched — the PERSON (face, skin, hair, clothing, pose, proportions). No stylization, no blockifying — in every mode.
2. Convert to Minecraft — the parts the chosen mode targets (some subset of: terrain, structures, plants, objects, furniture, vehicles, food, drinks, sky, background): clean cubic/voxel geometry, crisp 16×16-style textures, modern-Minecraft-screenshot quality (premium SEUS/BSL shaders — realistic light, soft shadows, AO, volumetric light, sharp edges).
3. Spatial fidelity (strict): exact camera, framing, composition; every element in its original position and size; nothing added/removed/rearranged.
4. Cinematic color grade (the unifier): analyze the source mood and grade the whole frame to match, cohesive across real human + voxel world so it's one image, not a pasted cutout.
5. (Conditional) Loot tags — object-only mode only; see Step 0.

Identity note: maskless single full-canvas edit (per the recipe), so the face is regenerated and can drift slightly. Accepted for color cohesion. For a byte-perfect face, see the advanced mask note at the bottom.

MODE: object-only

MODE: background-only

MODE: object+background

• object-only — voxelize ONLY the held/featured object (food / drink / product) and its own tableware. Keep the PERSON and the BACKGROUND fully photorealistic. Float a Minecraft loot-tag label above each hero object. (This is the old Minecraft-Food look.)
• background-only — voxelize the BACKGROUND / environment into Minecraft blocks. Keep the PERSON photorealistic; if an incidental object is present, keep it photoreal too. No loot tags. (A person standing in a place, now in a voxel world — but anything they're holding stays real.)
• object+background — voxelize EVERYTHING except the person (the object AND the background). Loot tags optional. (The old full-voxelize Minecraft-World default.)

Does the user EXPLICITLY ask to voxelize everything?
  ("voxelize everything" / "object and background" / "full voxel world")
    → MODE: object+background
Else, is a human FACE or BODY present?
    ├─ Person present + a held/featured object (food/product) is the subject?
    │     → MODE: object-only        (float loot tags on the object)
    └─ Person present, NO featured object (people-in-a-place shot)?
          → MODE: background-only     (the default for face-in-a-scene shots)
No person present?
    ├─ Pure object shot (a meal, a product, a flat-lay, a desk of gear)?
    │     → MODE: object-only
    └─ Landscape / scene with no featured object?
          → MODE: background-only
Genuinely ambiguous (can't tell if the object or the scene is the point)?
    → ask the user ONE line: "voxelize just the object, just the background,
      or everything but you?"

• <source>

  — any photo (path, URL, or chat-pasted image). Works on object shots, person+object shots, and wide scenes alike.

1. "Drop the photo (path, URL, or paste it). I'll auto-pick the mode — object-only (voxelize just the food/product you're featuring, with Minecraft loot tags), background-only (voxelize the scene around you, keep you and anything you're holding real), or object+background (voxelize everything but you). Tell me if you want to force a specific mode."

• HTTPS URL? Use it directly.
• Local file? Upload (Step 2). Convert HEIC:

  sips -s format jpeg in.HEIC --out out.jpg

  — this strips the EXIF orientation flag, so the JPEG can land on its side. View it; only if it's sideways, rotate upright with

  sips -r 90

  or

  sips -r 270

  (whichever way it's tilted), then view again to confirm. The model bakes the reference pixels as-is, so it must be upright before upload.
• Chat-pasted image? Not reliably on disk. If the user names a file (e.g. a Desktop screenshot — macOS uses a narrow no-break space U+202F before AM/PM, so match via a glob), copy it. Otherwise extract from the session transcript:
  bash

  cd ~/.claude/projects/<project-slug>/
  SRC=$(ls -t *.jsonl | head -1)   # newest = current session
  python3 - "$SRC" "<run-dir>" <<'PY'
  import json, base64, sys, os, hashlib
  src, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]; imgs=[]
  for line in open(src):
      try: o=json.loads(line)
      except: continue
      m=o.get("message") if isinstance(o,dict) else None
      role=(m or {}).get("role") if isinstance(m,dict) else o.get("role")
      if role!="user": continue
      c=(m or o).get("content")
      if not isinstance(c,list): continue
      for p in c:
          if isinstance(p,dict) and p.get("type")=="image" and isinstance(p.get("source"),dict):
              s=p["source"]
              if s.get("data") and s.get("media_type","").startswith("image/"):
                  imgs.append((s["media_type"], s["data"]))
  # save the last N pasted images (newest turn). Adjust [-1:] to [-N:] for batches.
  for i,(mt,data) in enumerate(imgs[-1:], 1):
      b=base64.b64decode(data); ext={"image/webp":"webp","image/jpeg":"jpg","image/png":"png"}.get(mt,"jpg")
      p=os.path.join(out,f"source_{i}.{ext}"); open(p,"wb").write(b)
      print(p, len(b), "sha256", hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())
  PY

  Always read the saved file back (view it) before spending a generation.

ROLE: You are an expert image-transformation artist specializing in stylized photo-to-game-world conversions and cinematic color grading.

TASK: Transform the attached reference photo into a high-quality Minecraft screenshot in which the human subject(s) remain fully photorealistic and untouched, while everything else in the scene is converted into detailed Minecraft block geometry — then apply cinematic color grading derived from the original photo's mood.

CORE CONCEPT (the hero idea — do not deviate): A real, photorealistic human standing inside a fully voxel/blocky Minecraft world. The contrast between the realistic person and the blocky environment is the entire point of this image.

CONVERSION RULES:

1. KEEP PHOTOREALISTIC (do NOT alter): the human subject(s) from the reference photo; their face, skin, hair, clothing, pose, and proportions; render them exactly as they appear — no stylization, no blockifying.
2. CONVERT TO MINECRAFT (high-quality block model): all non-human elements — terrain, ground, plants, objects, structures, furniture, vehicles, sky, and background. Use clean cubic/voxel geometry with crisp 16x16-style block textures. Quality reference: a modern Minecraft screenshot rendered with premium shaders (e.g., SEUS / BSL style) — realistic lighting, soft shadows, ambient occlusion, volumetric light, sharp block edges.
3. SPATIAL FIDELITY (strict — this is a conversion, not a reimagining): preserve the EXACT camera angle, framing, and composition; keep every element in its ORIGINAL position; keep every element at its ORIGINAL relative size and scale; the human must occupy the same place and proportion as in the source; do NOT add, remove, or rearrange objects.

COLOR GRADING (apply AFTER the Minecraft conversion): Step 1 — ANALYZE the original photo first: identify its time of day, lighting direction, dominant color palette, warmth/coolness, and overall mood ([fill in the mood you read, e.g. "moody night street, cool blue sky with warm street-lamp glow" / "golden-hour warm" / "overcast neutral"]). Step 2 — APPLY cinematic color grading that matches that analyzed mood: filmic contrast curve, balanced highlights and shadows; color tone consistent with the original photo's atmosphere; subtle vignette and depth, cohesive across both the realistic human and the blocky environment so they feel like one unified image.

OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS: single high-resolution image; sharp, detailed, professional Minecraft-screenshot quality; photorealistic human + voxel world, seamlessly color-graded.

SELF-CHECK BEFORE FINALIZING: Is the human still 100% photorealistic and unchanged? Is everything else clearly Minecraft block geometry? Are positions, sizes, and composition identical to the source? Does the color grade match the original photo's analyzed mood? Does the realistic human and blocky world feel unified, not pasted?

LOOT TAGS: above or near EACH hero voxelized object, float a Minecraft inventory-style name tag — clean white pixel/bitmap font on a dark semi-transparent rounded rectangle (a Minecraft item-tooltip / named-entity tag) — naming that item: [list each hero object → its short name, e.g. "Mojito", "Sesame Latte", "Apple Cake", "Air Jordan 1", "Leica M6"]. Keep tags tidy, crisp, readable, non-overlapping, floating just above each item, and NEVER covering a person's face. (add to SELF-CHECK: "Does each hero object have a clean, readable Minecraft name tag that doesn't cover a face?")

1. KEEP PHOTOREALISTIC (do NOT alter): the human subject(s) — face, skin, hair, clothing, pose, proportions — AND any object the person is holding or that sits in the immediate foreground (a phone, a drink, a bag, a prop). Render all of these exactly as they appear — no stylization, no blockifying.
2. CONVERT TO MINECRAFT (high-quality block model): the BACKGROUND and ENVIRONMENT only — terrain, ground, plants, structures, furniture, vehicles, sky, and scenery behind and around the subject. Use clean cubic/voxel geometry with crisp 16x16-style block textures. Quality reference: a modern Minecraft screenshot with premium shaders (SEUS / BSL) — realistic lighting, soft shadows, ambient occlusion, volumetric light, sharp block edges. Do NOT voxelize the person or anything they are holding.

Edit this exact photo. KEEP [the person + their face, hair, hands, clothing, accessories /OR for a flat-lay: the table, containers, plates, cups, tray, utensils] and the background/scene and lighting 100% PHOTOREALISTIC and unchanged — do not stylize [the person] at all.

ONLY transform the FOOD, DRINK and the food's TABLEWARE into 3D Minecraft voxel blocks — chunky, low-resolution cube-pixel geometry with flat blocky textures, exactly like Minecraft items, each sitting naturally where the real item was: [per-item mapping — e.g. "the ramen bowl → a blocky voxel bowl of yellow cube-noodles"; "the pepperoni slice → cube crust + voxel cheese + cube pepperoni discs"; "the steamed rice → a mound of white voxel rice cubes"].

Above or near EACH transformed item, add a Minecraft inventory-style text label: clean white pixel/bitmap font on a dark semi-transparent rounded rectangle, naming the item (e.g. [item labels]). Keep labels tidy and readable, non-overlapping, and never over [the person's face].

Final look: a real photorealistic [person / scene], but every piece of food, drink and tableware is a Minecraft voxel object with floating Minecraft inventory labels.

• Engine: @rohxit7 viral recipe, verbatim. object-only prompt + loot tags: salvaged from @aibyjoe "Minecraft Food". This skill absorbs and retires both minecraft-food (object-only) and minecraft-world (object+background).
• Verdict: gpt-image-2 always; one recipe, three input-driven modes.